| Robert B. Bookwalter, Ph.D. | |
| Professor, Department Chair | |
| Doctorate earned at University of Kansas--May 1989. | |
| Joined Marshall faculty in August 1987. | |
| Scholarly Interests | |
| Interpersonal communication, conflict management, group interaction, leadership, intercultural communication and language, conversational manifestations of culture, explicit metacommunication in everyday conversation, communication correlates of violence and nonviolence in interpersonal relationships, dynamics of power in relationships. | |
| Administrative Duties | |
| Director of the Basic Public Speaking Course (CMM 103). | |
| Chair of 2006-07 Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee | |
| Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA | |
| 2006-07 Recipient of HELP Program's Barbara P. Guyer Faculty Award | |
| Courses | |
| CMM 103, Fundamentals of Speech Communication | |
| CMM 213, Interpersonal Communication | syllabus |
| CMM 311, Language and Communication | syllabus |
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CMM 315, Group Communication |
syllabus |
| CMM 322, Intercultural Communication | syllabus |
| CMM 408/508, Leadership in Groups | syllabus |
| CMM 413/513, Theories of Interpersonal Communication | syllabus |
| CMM 420/520, Communication and Conflict | syllabus |
| CMM 673, Seminar in Interpersonal Communication | syllabus |
| UNI 101 | syllabus |
| Community Service | |
| Seminars on conflict and negotiation skills, teambuilding, leadership, humor in the workplace. | |